Inmates say totem pole they helped carve at B.C. jail a catalyst for remarkable change
About 160 at Vancouver Island Regional Corrections Centre participated in first-of-its-kind project
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About 160 at Vancouver Island Regional Corrections Centre participated in first-of-its-kind project
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Led by Indigenous master carvers, the project aims to raise the pole in October
Behind the walls of a jail in Saanich, B.C., there are people working on a totem pole. Since last summer, some 70 inmates have chipped away at the pole at the Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre. It's a project they say gives them a moment to forget they're locked up.
Carver Tom LaFortune said the significance of the pole is “our own First Nations teachings.”